Heroes and Villains
is a fanfiction by Horrible's Igor that is a three-way crossover between Frozen, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Taking place in the modern day, Dark Willow now heads an evil corporation named Salix Tech; Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven have come into our world; Doctor Horrible is still in the E.L.E.; and Buffy is taking night classes in U.C. Sunnydale.
Elsa and Doctor Horrible join Dark Willow atop Mount Lassen in a crusade for vengeance, while Olaf teams up with Buffy and her demon-fighting professor James Marlowe to stop them from taking over and possibly ending the world. The author has stated that he began this as a fictional T.V. series, and therefore broke down the story into 7 'seasons', with twenty-two 'episodes' each, saying he'll have around 8 chapters per episode, meaning that there could quite possibly be over a thousand chapters.
Heroes and Villains provides examples of:
- Cool Car: Not only does Willow have a Tesla, she has a Tesla limousine with self-driving A.I. As shown on the YMMV page, there was a little confusion as to how early it was in Tesla Motors' production history.
- Deconstruction: A very dark example at the beginning of the story: Elsa's extended stay in her Yosemite Palace without going down for food and water (similar to what happened in Frozen) leads to us finding her dying of hunger three weeks later. Her thirst is Hand Waved as being taken care of by her powers.
- Department of Redundancy Department: "Does it hurt?" *one response later*: "That sounds painful."
- Eye Scream: In the very first chapter, Willow has an eye put out in a fight with a vampire.
- Fun with Acronyms: The Conference Room of Evil is called the 'CRoE' (pronounced 'crow') because the giant window overlooking the landscape reminds some of a crow's nest.
- Lemony Narrator: Not even Horrible's Igor is spared the narrator's snark:"And yes, this was the aforementioned custom Tesla acquired in 2011, though extensive research conducted by the narrator has exposed the writer for the terrible research skills he has, as Tesla Motors was selling as early as 2007. [Congratulations, idiot.]"
- Mood Whiplash: Frequently. Most apparent at the end of Chapter 15, which goes from Doc taking Elsa to the hospital to check for a concussion and possible brain damage to the author describing the effects of silver nitrate solution on the skin of the hand.
- Most Fanfic Writers Are Girls: Apparently averted by this one, as shown by the narrator quote above.
- Narrative Filigree: The flow of the story seems like it is going to start allowing this with the addition of Doctor Horrible. On his way to the HQ with Elsa, he talks about the Hyperloop. The narrator gets in on it too sometimes, starting the next segment of the story with a filigree lead-in.
- Pragmatic Villainy: Downplayed. Willow cites this as her reason for not getting mad that the doctors couldn't fix her eye and let her down easy. Of course, it's hard to get mad at them when she realises she can't heal it either...
- Shout-Out: Has its own subpage.
- Suddenly Shouting: Elsa ends a heated argument with Olaf by shouting at him to leave.
- Triumphant Reprise: Episode 1 ends with the final verse of Everything You Ever, implied to be a Badass Boast of sorts.
